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Poetry Theory Flashcards

1
Q

What is Poetry?

A

Words that express a feeling and have rhythm

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2
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What is prose?

A

All writing that isn’t poetry

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3
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What is the essay analysis acronym?

A

Every Cat Finds String Playful

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4
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What does ECFSP stand for?

A 
Engagement
Content
Form 
Style
....
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5
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What happens in Engagement?

A

Read the poem
See if it is positive or negative
Find the subject

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6
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What happens in Content?

A

Read the title x2
Paraphrase
Find Allusions
Dictionary

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7
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What are the 3 parts in Form?

A

Rhyme
Rhythm
Stanzas
Sentences

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8
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What happens under rhyme?

A

Finding what type of rhyme used

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9
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What are the 8 types of rhyme?

A 
End
Internal
Assonance
Consonance
Imperfect
Masculine
Feminine
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10
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What is an end rhyme?

A

A rhyme at the end of a line

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11
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What is an internal rhyme?

A

A rhyme within a line

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12
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What is assonance?

A

Similar vowel sounds

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13
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What is consonance?

A

Words that don’t rhyme but, consonants make it sound like it should rhyme ex. little kettle
Repetition of consonant sounds

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14
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What is an imperfect rhyme?

A

Words that look like they should rhyme but they don’t

ex. Have Save

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15
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What is a masculine rhyme?

A

Ending in a stressed syllable /

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16
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What is a feminine rhyme?

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Ends in an unstressed syllable u

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17
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What is the symbol for stressed?

A

/

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18
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What is the syllable for unstressed?

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u

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19
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What is a free verse?

A

A poem that does not have a rhythmic pattern

20
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What are the metric patterns or scansion?

A 
Iambic
Trochaic
Anapestic
Dactylic
Amphibrachic
Spondaic
21
Q

What is Iambic?

A

u / ex. Away

22
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What is Trochaic?

A

/ u ex. Travel

23
Q

What is Anapestic?

A

u u / ex. Interfere

24
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What Dactylic?

A

/ u u ex. tenderly

25
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What is Amphibrachic?

A

u / u ex. assuming

26
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What is Spondaic?

A

/ / ex. Amen

27
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What are the types of feet per a line?

A
  1. Monomer
  2. Diameter
  3. Trimeter
  4. Tetrameter
  5. Pentameter
  6. Hexameter
  7. Heptameter
  8. Octameter
28
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How do you write down a metric pattern?

A

The scansion then # of feet per line

29
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What are the types of stanzas?

A

Couplet
Quatrain
Weird Spacing

30
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What is a couplet?

A

2 lines per a stanza

31
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What is a quatrain?

A

4 lines per a stanza

32
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What are the types of literature?

A 
Narrative
Social
Lyric
Light
Dramatic
33
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What is the purpose of a narrative?

A

To tell a story

34
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What is an example of a narrative?

35
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What is the purpose of a social commentary?

A

Dealing w/ social issues

36
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What is the purpose of a lyric?

A

Express a light feeling

37
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What is an example of a Lyric?

38
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What is the purpose of a light verse?

A

Silly, meant to entertain

39
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What is the purpose of a dramatic?

A

Meant to be said out loud

40
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What is under Style?

A

Diction
Figures of Speech
…..?

41
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What are the types of Diction?

A 
Archaic
Slang
Jargon
Colloquial
Formal/Informal
Connotative
Denotative
Mono/polysyllabic
42
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What does Archaic mean?

43
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What does Slang mean?

A

A group of words created by a group of people

44
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What does Jargon mean?

A

Subject specific words

45
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What is does Colloquial mean?

A

Informal conversational

46
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What does Connotative mean?

A

Has added meaning

47
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What does Denotative mean?

A

Basic, face value words

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